Concealment of electrocardiographically based diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy by anasarca

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 897-903

  Madias, John E ^a  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anasarca; electrocardiography; hypertension; left ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASARCA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; R WAVE;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 5444266066     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.05.011     Document Type: Article

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